Yes, but Brian... what does this have to do with Iraq? "Global jihadism" isn't the problem in Iraq, and you would know that if you had read the Iraq Study Group's report.
Or is this more "terrify everyone with the darkies" and start a race war? yrs, andreas www.andreas.com----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian" <cabrian@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 2:54 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Radical Islam: The Primer
The information front in the war against the Jihadis has been sorely neglected and Deputy Assistant to the President Peter Wehner has penned a primer on the basics concerning radical Islam. There are still far too many people who don't get the nature of the enemy we face: It is the fate of the West, and in particular the United States, to have to deal with the combined threat of Shia and Sunni extremists. And for all the differences that exist between them -- and they are significant -- they share some common features. Their brand of radicalism is theocratic, totalitarian, illiberal, expansionist, violent, and deeply anti-Semitic and anti-American. As President Bush has said, both Shia and Sunni militants want to impose their dark vision on the Middle East. And as we have seen with Shia- dominated Iran's support of the Sunni terrorist group Hamas, they can find common ground when they confront what they believe is a common enemy. The war against global jihadism will be long, and we will experience success and setbacks along the way. The temptation of the West will be to grow impatient and, in the face of this long struggle, to grow weary. Some will demand a quick victory and, absent that, they will want to withdraw from the battle. But this is a war from which we cannot withdraw. As we saw on September 11th, there are no safe harbors in which to hide. Our enemies have declared war on us, and their hatreds cannot be sated. We will either defeat them, or they will come after us with the unsheathed sword. All of us would prefer years of repose to years of conflict. But history will not allow it. And so it once again rests with this remarkable republic to do what we have done in the past: our duty. What if, instead of an Office of Homeland Security, the president had created an official post that developed a strategy for countering Islamism on the ideological front?
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